Less than 15 years.
High security prisons mainly hold criminals, recidivists and habitual offenders who have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 15 years, life imprisonment or death penalty with a two-year suspension. Medium security prisons mainly house criminals with sentences of less than 15 years. Low-security prisons mainly house criminals who are less physically dangerous.
Yongji Prison is affiliated to the Shanxi Provincial Prison Administration Bureau and is the country’s penalty execution agency. It is a medium security prison and is mainly responsible for the execution of criminals’ sentences, prison administration, education and reform through labor, and improving the criminals’ Improve the quality of prisons and complete other tasks assigned by superior prison management agencies.